Togo Opposition to Halt Protests as Regional Mediators Arrive
- Team from Guinea, Ghana aims at resolving months-long crisis
- Anti-government protests draw tens of thousands of people
The President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe
Photographer: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images
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Togo’s opposition has agreed to suspend protests to allow West African mediators to resolve a months-long political crisis triggered by planned constitutional reforms which could extend the rule of President Faure Gnassingbe.
Mediators from Guinea and Ghana will oversee talks between the opposition and the government of the West African nation from Feb. 15, according to an emailed statement from the officials on Friday. There will be no street protests during that time, and the issue of opposition supporters in detention will be discussed first, they said in the statement.